‘Juist dat wat gezien wordt als tijdverspilling is essentieel om ons mens te blijven voelen.’ (Lieke Knijnenburg; @groene.nl)

-> www.groene.nl/artikel/de-o...

‘Juist de protestantse ethiek van hard werken en de focus op individueel succes en status draagt bij aan een onvermogen om een zinvol leven op te bouwen naast werk.’ (Lieke Knijnenburg; @groene.nl)

@annalisabarbieri.bsky.social And sincere apologies for my rudeness and (perceived) ignorance.

Voglia scusarmi; mi diapiace.

‘This is in large part down to the new pressures of employability: the responsibility of each individual to improve his or her prospects […].’ (David Frayne)

‘Adorno’s broader concerns around the tendency of work to colonise our everyday lives have never been as pertinent and widely applicable as they are today. […]’ libcom.org/article/free...

‘The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilisation and education.’

- In Praise of Idleness (Bertrand Russell, 1932)

‘[A] great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organised diminution of work.’ (Bertrand Russell, 1932) libcom.org/article/prai...

Books:

- ‘Bullshit jobs – a theory’ (David Graeber)
- ‘The Refusal of Work’ (David Frayne)

Nevertheless, I’ll try to broaden your perspective:

libcom.org/article/free...

Wow, your ‘solutions’ — spend less time on personal hygiene and/or sleep less — are quite dystopian.

Have you been asleep for the past ten years and haven’t noticed what a typical work regime has become?
(Do you need some reading tips?)

‘Why wouldn’t people feel insane? Why wouldn’t the internet, where we’re mostly forced to live, drive most people crazy? How are we not discussing the fact that so much of the internet is riddled with poison?’ (@edzitron.com)

‘Our digital lives are actively abusive and hostile, riddled with subtle and overt cons. Our apps are ever-changing, adapting not to our needs or conditions, but to the demands of investors and internal stakeholders that have reduced who we are […]’ (@Edzitron.com)